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Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

I confess that I have mixed feelings about how “Gu Family Book” ended. On the one hand, I liked the ending because it had some very beautiful and touching moments; but on the other hand, I didn’t like it because it was

very cruel, it wasn’t very satisfying and because it didn’t feel like an ending at all! We had an open ending that wasn’t a very good one. The ending does offer the possibility of a second season, but if there isn’t a second season then I have no clue why they ended things in such way, why they concluded this K-drama with such a mediocre ending. *sighs*

I confess that I really, really hope that there is a second season of “Gu Family Book”.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

I confess I really hate shipping wars and the concept of "winning" because of it. It completely ostracizes fandom and I find it demeaning to female characters in general. Its one thing if its a harem, the whole point of the manga/anime would be which girl will the protagonist fall for. But if its not even a romance manga its ridiculous.

Its ridiculous because then you think the greatest accomplishment a female character should have is getting together with hero. Or her role is so important the hero should fall for her. I understand that female characters have a high tendency of getting romantic plotlines anyway, but her getting or not getting together with the hero shouldn't be the foundation for why you read/watch something. Unless its, you know, an actual romance franchise.

I know this sounds patronizing, but I just had to get it off my chest.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

^Bit of a reply to the above, I confess that I absolutely despise the Big 3 shipping in Naruto. Kishi can't even write decent teenaged girls. It's absolutely ridiculous. And with how he pretty much spits on his own heroine speaks volumes.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

You mean nearly every single female characters in Naruto not being able to stand up to the male characters. But it's no news, Kishimoto can't write strong female characters aside from enabling them to punch through walls. :P

Mei: neither during her Sasuke or Madara fight was allowed to shine.
Hinata: died for Naruto, "confessed" her love, spit on like one chapter after holding hands with Naruto.
Tsunade: stab, stab, stab, nothing to worry about, she will just heal afterwards
Sakura: Yeah I'm also Team 7, but the weakest link with no role aside from healing. She should be happy to have gotten a big panel with her hitting the ground.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

I have a confession to make: I just read Koe no Katachi's oneshot, and I have never felt so pissed at a couple of manga characters ever. To the point I feel like murdering them in the most horrible ways.

Why? because Koe no Katachi's story hits way too close to home as I'm a hearing impaired as well.

Other than that, a solid story, nonetheless. I'm glad it got a serialization.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

I liken the popularity of Shingeki no Kyojin to Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire. Both were somewhat well-known prior to their respective shows within manga and fantasy lit circles, but it wasn't until the first episode aired that their popularity spiked up within a short period of time. People who've seen the HBO show began to read the books, and those who watched the anime bought a couple of copies of the tankobon. There are a couple of SnK merchandises that I've seen on the net -the body pillow comes to mind- and GoT have also released quite a number of goods that weren't around prior to the show.

As for the two works themselves, the world the characters live in is grisly and a lot of people die.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

I have posted this in another place, but posting here wouldn't hurt. I confess I have been blaming (mostly) myself for not being able to buy an anime magazine because of how the cover looks. Sure, some people could argue that I'm adult enough to choose what I want, but being raised in a pretty conservative family has its cons. I'm too lazy to explain to my family, or even making arguments why I buy that at the first place.

On the other case, I confess that how tax works for imported motion picture works in my country is absolutely ridiculous. You the price for a Blu-ray + tax could exceed three times of the Blu-ray itself.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

Wagatsuma from Wagatsuma-san wa Ore no Yome and Kyouko from Horimiya both have brown hair, not blond ones as I imagines throughout most of the reading. I can't imagine Hori not being blond anymore, it looks so good in b&w.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

If I read a chapter of a mahnwa and then read a chapter of a manga right after, I get extremely confused because I'm still reading from L to R. My mind remembers to switch the reading order when I'm reading mahnwa, but it forgets to switch back.

Recently I've been talking to a Japanese fan artist, and I realize just how much of a cheater I am. While they have to buy Shonen Jump every week and buy the tankobons, I read the scans for free every week and download the tankobon. I feel really guilty about how much advantage I have over Japanese readers.

Whenever I'm reading a manga that's still ongoing, I have a tendency to skim because I have a strong desire to catch up, and it often leads to me missing a key point or not understanding what's going on at all. That's why I'm trying my best to read as thoroughly as I can so I don't miss anything.

I blame the Democratic Party of Japan for the closure of Book Off and Iwase Bookstore; they were the two places I would go to purchase manga and magazines.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

^ Yeah, this world is really unfair at times. Though at least you can buy the manga volumes afterwards. Its really cool that you can converse with a Japanese fan of the same manga you're into. It would be really great if I could do the same but I can't speak Japanese at all.

I confess Ubel Blatt has become less interesting to me as of late. I'm not sure why, but I think I miss the earlier chapters where the other Heroes have a distinct relationship with Ascheritt before they betrayed him. Now that the plot is moving on to bigger things (which is fine, logically speaking), I sometimes glaze over the chapter. Also a lot of my favorite characters have been put on a bus, so that makes it more difficult to enjoy when its a bunch of new characters doing most of the talking.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

^ Put it on hold with chapter 45, when did the big arc/saga end? Your words aren't really pushing me to pick it up again.

Originally Posted by Asarii

If I read a chapter of a mahnwa and then read a chapter of a manga right after, I get extremely confused because I'm still reading from L to R. My mind remembers to switch the reading order when I'm reading mahnwa, but it forgets to switch back.

It makes me feel dumb.

Recently I've been talking to a Japanese fan artist, and I realize just how much of a cheater I am. While they have to buy Shonen Jump every week and buy the tankobons, I read the scans for free every week and download the tankobon. I feel really guilty about how much advantage I have over Japanese readers.

Whenever I'm reading a manga that's still ongoing, I have a tendency to skim because I have a strong desire to catch up, and it often leads to me missing a key point or not understanding what's going on at all. That's why I'm trying my best to read as thoroughly as I can so I don't miss anything.

I blame the Democratic Party of Japan for the closure of Book Off and Iwase Bookstore; they were the two places I would go to purchase manga and magazines.

Comic strips don't make sense when I read them, than I realise I've spoiled the end already.-_-

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

Originally Posted by Teeba

^ Yeah, this world is really unfair at times. Though at least you can buy the manga volumes afterwards. Its really cool that you can converse with a Japanese fan of the same manga you're into. It would be really great if I could do the same but I can't speak Japanese at all.

I always have to catch myself and find out whether something new is already compiled in a volume. I don't want to reveal something that hasn't been officially published yet or indicate that I read the latest chapter even though the certain magazine isn't sold here. (Or even it if WAS sold here, it would cost way too much to buy on a weekly basis.)

It's really interesting to see what the Japanese fandom thinks about a particular series or a character. Sometimes their ships are completely different from ours.

Originally Posted by Schabrak

Comic strips don't make sense when I read them, than I realise I've spoiled the end already.-_-

Well you would have to buy them too, they just chose to pay more. :P

Too many OP fans seemingly do this. :/

And that's sad.

Isn't it weird? Right to Left is the correct way of reading things if we're brought up learning an Indo-European language, but it feels weird when we read a comic in this order.

That's true!

I admit the skimming was why I couldn't get into OP during my initial read. It was only after my second read through that I finally understood and became obsessed.

The yen was expensive so it became difficult for the bookstores to import books from Japan. People used to be able to buy, let's say, two used books for 1 USD, and then it became one book for 1 USD. Right now things are getting better so it should be cheaper to buy products from Japan.

Re: The Manga-Anime-Asian Drama Confessional Thread

^ Put it on hold with chapter 45, when did the big arc/saga end? Your words aren't really pushing me to pick it up again.

I can't even remember. Chapter 45 sounds like a long time ago - the scanlations are now up to chapter 116.

The truth is, the plot is moving on to bigger things, and some of the heroes have kids that have gotten involved in the plot too. If you thought the big saga at 45 was long, I think this one might be longer.

Originally Posted by Asarii

I always have to catch myself and find out whether something new is already compiled in a volume. I don't want to reveal something that hasn't been officially published yet or indicate that I read the latest chapter even though the certain magazine isn't sold here. (Or even it if WAS sold here, it would cost way too much to buy on a weekly basis.)

It's really interesting to see what the Japanese fandom thinks about a particular series or a character. Sometimes their ships are completely different from ours.

Its funny though, because even amongst fans some will buy the magazine and some will not. So sometimes even if they buy the magazine, they might not have read the chapter yet because they have to physically go out and buy the magazine. And some of them are more internet savy so they'll spoil themselves with the scanlated versions...which is just so weird.

It is interesting! I really think English speaking fandoms are so conservative compared to the Japanese fandoms. If you like a crack pairing, among English-speaking circles it would be really difficult to find someone else who ships it. In a Japanese group, they may have a whole doujinshi full of stories based on it. I wonder what sets the precedents for these kind of things.